Washington, DC (July 13, 2016) – CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) is inviting school districts to share how they are improving digital equity—and providing out-of-school high-speed broadband connectivity to students in their communities.
Washington, DC (February 17, 2016) – To improve digital equity in school systems nationwide, CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) today launched the Digital Equity Action Toolkit for district leaders.
Introduced through CoSN’s new Digital Equity Action Agenda leadership initiative, the toolkit provides school system leaders with thoughtful strategies to address and narrow the “homework gap” in their communities.
Chattanooga, known by an older generation for The Andrew Sisters song “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” is now becoming known as the leading U.S. community addressing digital equity. The effort is multi-layered and comprehensive, and its leadership starts at the top with its young mayor, Andy Berke. The school system, Hamilton County Department of Education, is a key partner in the effort, but other agencies and partners lead it.
I'm concluding this series of posts from my work study with one more example of a community where a school system is partnering with city governments, business communities, and nonprofit organizations to "go big" in addressing digital equity. As we previously noted, digital equity is a community challenge, not solely one that can be solved by a school district. See one district's unique approach.
Over the past several weeks I have been blogging about the need for school systems to address digital equity. Some are calling this the Homework Gap. Most school systems are not doing anything to address this issue. The 2015 CoSN Infrastructure Survey results will give you the full picture; as a preview, we found that 3/4ths of all districts have not addressed this problem.
In this next series of posts from my work study, I will describe communities where school systems are partnering with city governments, business communities, and nonprofit organizations to "go big" in addressing digital equity. As we previously noted, digital equity is a community challenge, not solely one that can be solved by a school district.
In this next series of posts from my work study, I will describe communities where school systems are partnering with city governments, business communities, and nonprofit organizations to "go big" in addressing digital equity. As we previously noted, digital equity is a community challenge, not solely one that can be solved by a school district.
In this next series of posts from my work study, I will describe communities where school systems are partnering with city governments, business communities, and nonprofit organizations to "go big" in addressing digital equity. As we previously noted, digital equity is a community challenge, not solely one that can be solved by a school district.
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